The Birth Time of the Gods - Japanese Creation Story

About this episode

This episode explores the Japanese creation myth and its Shinto beliefs as part of the Chaos and Order series.

Send us Fan Mail Kids Myth Plus Episode 30! Chaos and Order - The Japanes Creation Story; The Birth Time of the Gods This episode is the second in our series Chaos and Order. A beautifully written rendition of the Japanese creation myth adapted from the Book: Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods" by Frank Rinder In this episode we'll discus some of the vocabulary brought up in the story and explore a couple differences between the shinto beliefes expressed in the Japanese myth and...

People in this episode

Host: Aaron James

Topics covered

• Japanese creation myth
• Shinto beliefs
• Chaos and Order
• vocabulary exploration
• mythology

Keywords

• Japanese creation story
• Shinto
• mythology
• Chaos and Order
• Frank Rinder

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods

Places: Japan

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